Grasp Quotes

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News reports can overwhelm us. We can be appalled, we can sympathise. But what is hard to grasp is the sense that, at this moment,… — Ralph Fiennes
Fantasy doesn't have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground… — Terry Pratchett
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear… — Garry Kasparov
The... arguments against photography ever being considered a fine art are: the element of chance which enters in, finding things ready-made for a machine to… — Edward Weston
In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it,… — Brassai
We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge. We should not… — Chris Hedges
Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained… — Paul Samuelson
The essential point to grasp is that in dealing with capitalism we are dealing with an evolutionary process — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Weeds grasp their own essence and express its truth. — Santoka Taneda
At first we feel called by God and attracted by him. We grow in our vocation and get the impression that God has gripped us… — Notker Wolf
Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part… — Pope Benedict XVI
The heart is our hidden center, beyond the grasp of our reason and of others; only the Spirit of God can fathom the human heart… — Pope John Paul II
Loss is the absence of something we were once attached to. Grief is the rope burns left behind, when that which is held is pulled… — Stephen Levine
The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear in his vision,… — Irving Fisher
I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you,… — Honore de Balzac
It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it is a language… — Raymond Chandler
Grasp the subject, the words will follow. — Cato the Elder
If this world could only grasp the power of forgiveness. Being able to forgive someone breaks the cycle of bitterness and vengeance — Unknown Author
Mark the babe not long accustomed to this breathing world; One that hath barely learned to shape a smile, though yet irrational of soul, to… — William Wordsworth
Your reality, Sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever! — Unknown Author

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